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Your big band has just shaken the earth off its foundation with one of your monster flag wavers, now you'd like to cool things down with a somewhat relaxed swinger. Try Katherine The Great. She's also...

The fourth movement of the Count Basie Remembrance Suite, is a medium tempotune whose main purpose is to swing HARD! No tiptoeing through the tulips on this one, please! Although it starts off fairly...

A nice groovy medium tempo piece that swings right along, with solos for 2nd alto sax and 4th trumpet. Based on 'I Got Rhythm' chord changes, the arrangement contains a few 'boppish' licks in the melo...

With the same harmonic structure as the late Dizzy Gillespie's 'Woody'n You', this song features tenor sax and piano. Following the intro and opening chorus the ensemble swings for half a chorus, then...

A 16-bar blues that's just a little too happy to really be bluesy, 'Strut' lopes along with a medium up-tempo swinging motion with several 'two-five' progressions in its harmonic framework. solos by t...

This up-tempo swinger is dedicated to one of Chicago;s finest and one of the world's most fiery tenor saxophonists, Johnny Griffin. The challenging melody, based mostly on 'I Got Rhythm' chord changes...

Written for and featuring acclaimed guitarist George Benson with the Count Basie Orchestra, 'Ready Now' takes us on a swinging mildly up-tempo (but not too up) excursion through some slightly challeng...

The second movement of the Count Basie Remembrance Suite (four movements total), this short easy swinger, with its simply stated melody, is reminescent of the infectious Basie style of the 1940s, feat...

A great swinger. A tribute to Basie. Once again available in the original form. Recorded by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass 'The Jazz Album' on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Easy swing feel. Guitar solo. Alto dbl. on Soprano. Recorded by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass 'Brass Is Back'. Comp. By Horace Silver, arr. by Rob McConnell.

A comfortable swing chart w/solos for Soprano & Piano. Alto dbl. on Soprano. Recorded by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass 'Brass Is Back'.

Medium easy swing chart. Solos for Trombone & Trumpet 5. Alto 1 & 2 dbl. on Flute. Tenor 1 & 2 Dbl. on Clarinet, Bari sax dbl. on Bass Clarinet. Recorded by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass 'Our 25th Ye...

Medium swing. Comp. By Horace Silver, arr. by Rob. Chart features Trpt, Tenor & Piano solos. Two saxes dbl. on flute. Recorded by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass 'DonOt Get Around Much..'.

Medium fast swing. Solos for Guitar, Tenor sax and Piano.

This medium swing chart is not just another wed swing chart. It begins w/a relaxed ensemble chorus, picks up momentum during a Trpt solo & ends w/a driving shout chorus.

Up tempo swinger. Features solo Trbn as performed by Alex Iies w/the Fullerton Jazz Workshop. No Dbls. Recorded by the No. Arizona University Jazz Orchestra.

Up tempo swing shuffle that transforms into a half time funk shuffle for the middle part of the chart a/then back to swing again or the shout chorus. A bass/piano/bari hook recurs throughout the chart...

A medium -up swing chart that opens w/a mp unison muted Trpt line supported by a unison muted Trbn a/Bass counterline. After a grand pause comes a fortissimo shout chorus that strikes from out of nowh...

Swinging chart based on changes of 'All The Things Yon Are'. Open solo for anyone in the band. Short 'quotes' of famous jazz tunes throughout.

This fairly aggressive swing chart features 2nd trumpet and 1st tenor saxophone. The range for lead trumpet is written high D. The solo trumpet part also goes to written high D. There are options for...

This easy blues is perfect for younger bands. The chart just naturally swings. A great chart to teach jazz articulation. Sections can be opened for solos if desired. Trumpet range is only D on the sta...

This is a moderately bright swing chart. The range for trumpets is E above the staff and for trombones it is Ab above the staff. It has open sections for solos. Rhythm section parts include chords voi...

A hard driving straight ahead swinging chart. Great ensemble work and lots of room for solos. Trumpet is only scored up to high D making the chart playable by any high school or college jazz ensemble....

Killer Who? is written with the Killer Joe flavor. This medium level swing chart is perfect for high school bands. The chart swings by just playing the figures. A great chart to teach jazz improvisati...